diff --git a/src/Construct.php b/src/Construct.php
index 31d60bd..8552a4c 100644
--- a/src/Construct.php
+++ b/src/Construct.php
@@ -385,7 +385,14 @@ protected function travis()
     protected function license()
     {
         $file = $this->file->get(__DIR__ . '/stubs/licenses/' . strtolower($this->license) . '.txt');
-        $content = str_replace(['{year}', '{name}'], [(new \DateTime())->format('Y'), $this->vendorUpper], $file);
+
+        $user = $this->determineConfiguredGitUser();
+
+        $content = str_replace(
+            ['{year}', '{author_name}'],
+            [(new \DateTime())->format('Y'), $user['name']],
+            $file
+        );
 
         $this->file->put($this->projectLower . '/' . 'LICENSE.md', $content);
     }
diff --git a/src/stubs/licenses/mit.txt b/src/stubs/licenses/mit.txt
index a4f0ef5..c37a23f 100644
--- a/src/stubs/licenses/mit.txt
+++ b/src/stubs/licenses/mit.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) {year} {name}
+Copyright (c) {year} {author_name}
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal